The #SRBR2024 #Wikithon draws on the experiences of many colleagues. In this paper from 2012, @ErikHerzog's team describe a university course where editing of Wikipedia is central to the learning objective. Erik's course is ongoing and has made important contributions to chronobiology wikipedia:
In #SRBR2024 #Wikithon, we'll be looking at the upkeep and editing of pages relating to chronobiology. In this paper, @rona_av and @omerbenj examine edits to "Circadian clock" and "Circadian rhythm" and reveal how scientific arguments and paradigm shifts are encoded in the pages' metadata. Will the Wikithon be similarly noticeable in 5 years' time?:
Just over 3 months until the #SRBR2024 Trainee Day #Wikithon. In the next few weeks, on Thursdays, we'll be exploring chronobiological precidents on @Wikipedia. Today from the archives - circadian patterns of Wikipedia editing activity:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0030091
Wikipedia (WP) as a collaborative, dynamical system of humans is an appropriate subject of social studies. Each single action of the members of this society, i.e., editors, is well recorded and accessible. Using the cumulative data of 34 Wikipedias in different languages, we try to characterize and find the universalities and differences in temporal activity patterns of editors. Based on this data, we estimate the geographical distribution of editors for each WP in the globe. Furthermore we also clarify the differences among different groups of WPs, which originate in the variance of cultural and social features of the communities of editors.
Congratulations to @NicolaSmyllie on an excellent and fun logo for #SRBR2024, inspired by the San Juan skyline. Excitement is rising for May '24.
https://srbr.org/srbr-announced-2024-logo-competition-winner/
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